diff --git a/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/step.util.js b/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/step.util.js
index abc864348c..2ecf8e5903 100644
--- a/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/step.util.js
+++ b/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/step.util.js
@@ -4517,8 +4517,11 @@ step.util = {
 			var curMorphs = $($(elmtsWithMorph[cc]).parent()[0]).attr('morph');
 			if ((typeof curMorphs !== "string") || (curMorphs.indexOf("TOS:") != 0)) continue;
 			var cmArray = curMorphs.split(" ");
+			var strongArray = (cmArray.length > 1) ? $($(elmtsWithMorph[cc]).parent()[0]).attr('morph') : [ ];
 			var grammarToShow = "";
 			for (var dd = 0; dd < cmArray.length; dd ++ ) {
+				if ((dd > 0) && (dd < strongArray.length) && (typeof strongArray[dd] === "strong") && (strongArray[dd] !== ""))
+					if (step.util.suppressHighlight(strongArray[dd])) continue;
 				if ((dd > 0) && (cmArray[dd].indexOf("TOS:") == -1))
 					cmArray[dd] = "TOS:" + cmArray[dd];
 				var morphinfo = cf.getTOSMorphologyInfo(cmArray[dd]);